LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday confirmed the abduction of a male corps member, Abraham Amuta, by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Borno State Coordinator, Mr Rabiu Aminu, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Maiduguri. Aminu disclosed that the corps member was abducted…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indigenous oil and gas giant , Aiteo , has reassures the people of Bayelsa state and the general public of its unwavering commitment to the sustainable development of its host communities and has commended the people of Nembe community for agreeing to disband the barricade to the Aiteo,s logistic…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian mother, Mrs. Oluremi Adeleye, whose actions led to the death of an 8-month-old baby in Maryland, United States, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Adeleye, 73, broke down crying in court as she spoke through an interpreter, saying, “It was a mistake. I did not want to kill…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Western Union Company, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has appointed Mohamed Touhami el Ouazzani as Regional Vice President and Head of North, Central and West Africa, based in Casablanca to lead Western Union’s business in the region with focus on expanding digital money transfer, reinforce the retail agent…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGRS)-55-year-old businessman Luis Octavio Reyes Dominguez, his wife and their three children were among the thirteen people who lost their lives when a private jet crashed between the U.S. city of Las Vegas and Monterrey in northern Mexico, authorities said on Monday. The wreckage of the plane was found via aerial surveillance…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-one people including at least two children have died after a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing and erupted in a huge ball of fire and black smoke at Moscow’s busiest airport on Sunday, investigators said. Dramatic footage that went viral on social media showed Aeroflot’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crash-landing…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has described as a constitutional crime and an unmitigated evil tantamount to an impeachable offence the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari administration to go into dialogue in Zamfara State with armed fulani militia and bandits. HURIWA frowned at an alleged planned to appease “these mass…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is said to have commenced a probe into activities of some associates of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who are directors of Intels, an oil servicing firm. Atiku is believed to have some considerable shares in Intels, which…